 4 generations of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) activists are working to link the local chapters that have sprung up independently since the Iraq War began into a national organization. | "Independently" my arse. Somebody must be pouring lots of dough into reviving the SDS® brand. Let's follow the money, shall we? |
| yes - it should prove particularly interesting in this election year and the runup to 2008 |
| Start with Medea Benjamin and peek into the Tides Foundation ... |
SDS founder Alan Haber likes to say he is "waiting for the next meeting of SDS". He won't have to wait long...the next SDS national conference, the first since 1969, is planned for this summer.| Guest starring the Cindy Sheehan Revue, no doubt. |
Several chapters of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) announced today, Monday, January 16, 2006, their intent to form a national organization and hold the first SDS national convention since 1969. "It seemed appropriate to make this announcement today, on the observed Martin Luther King day", said SDS regional organizer Thomas Good. "We have an anti-war movement that is addressing the issue of stopping the bloodletting in Iraq but the civil rights issue remains unaddressed", he added. The national convention is scheduled for Summer 2006 and will be preceeded by a series of regional conferences occurring on the Memorial Day weekend... |